1730 in Scotland
Events from the year 1730 in Scotland.Incumbents
- Monarch – George II
- Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – Duncan Forbes
- Solicitor General for Scotland – John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Erskine
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange
Events
- 12 March – John Glas deposed from the Church of Scotland; the Glasite sect forms around him.
- The Glasgow Linen Society is formed.
- Francis Hutcheson takes office as Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow, where he will lecture in English rather than Latin.
- Iron smelting at Abernethy using ore from Tomintoul.
- Perth–Dunkeld–Inverness road completed.
- Lebanon cedar tree introduced to Scotland.
Births
- 14 December – James Bruce, explorer of the Nile
- John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, governor of the Province of New York
- Probable year – Charlotte Lennox, novelist and poet
Deaths
- 25 December – Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, army officer
- James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale, art collector
The arts
- James Thomson's poem cycle The Seasons is first published complete.
